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Bratislava 'croissants' offer a taste of the past
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» BRATISLAVA - For Slovaks, it is the stuff of Marcel Proust's madeleine recollections: a scrumptious, crescent-shaped pastry filled with walnuts or poppy seeds that triggers a rush of memories.
Japan's Inoue grabs WBO junior bantamweight belt
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» TOKYO - Japanese boxing wonderboy Naoya Inoue dethroned Omar Narvaez of Argentina with a second-round knockout and grabbed the World Boxing Organization junior bantamweight title.
Email, internet 'top workplace tools'
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - Americans see email and the Internet as the most important tools for productivity at work, and still prefer landlines over cellphones for the office, a study showed Tuesday.
Russian police arrest Kremlin critic Navalny at protest
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was detained by police on Tuesday after he violated his house arrest to join a protest in Moscow over a guilty verdict against him and his brother in a controversial fraud case.
Gambia foils coup bid, attackers killed: military
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» A group of disaffected soldiers launched a foiled coup bid in The Gambia on Tuesday while the west African state's iron-fisted leader was in Dubai, military and diplomatic sources said.
Hollow tree in Guinea was possible site of Ebola's Ground Zero
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» PARIS - Insect-eating bats that inhabited a hollow tree in a remote village in Guinea may have been the source of the world's biggest Ebola epidemic, scientists said on Tuesday.
Korean Air heiress arrested for 'nut rage'
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» SEOUL - Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-Ah was arrested on Tuesday for delaying a flight with a tantrum over snacks in a "nut rage" incident that caused a national uproar, according to a media report.
The changing face of North Korea's refugees
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» SEOUL - Every year, hundreds of North Koreans risk their lives escaping the reclusive nation, but the profile of those braving the dangerous border crossing has changed markedly from the famine-driven refugees of the past.
Russian economy shrinks for first time since 2009
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» MOSCOW - Russia's economy shrank in November for the first time in five years, the government said Monday, illustrating the changing fortunes of President Vladimir Putin's rule as he faces falling oil prices and Western sanctions.
Brazil Cup battering had been coming -- Zico
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazil star Zico says his country's World Cup battering by Germany was not an "accident," as some Selecao apologists maintain, but the logical consequence of years of gradual decline.